Living from day to day, they were, doubtless, ignorant of those continual cares and calculations for the future that in the old world pursue us even into the hours of sleep.

Were they happier in consequence?
Yes, if the child is happier than the man, and if we admit that we often loose in tranquillity and happiness what we gain in knowledge and perfection: yes, if happiness is not exclusively attached to certain peoples and certain climates; yes, if it is true that, with contentment, happiness is everywhere to be found.
The houses of the Hawaians are singular structures, and scarcely can be called dwellings.

They consist of three rows of posts, two on each side and one in the middle, the whole covered with a slanting roof, but without any kind of wall whatever.
They do not bury their dead, but swing them up in a sort of hammock, abundantly supplied with provisions.

It is supposed that this is done with a view to enable the souls of the departed to take their flight more readily to heaven.

The practice, consequently, seems to indicate that the natives possess a confused idea of a future state.